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The Mexican Perspective: Establishing Personal & Business Relations by Understanding Their Culture & Protocol

Table of Contents

About the author Excerpts from the manual What Readers Say

Cultural Considerations – An Overview
The Maquiladoras and Their Impact on Social Change.
The Faces of Mexican Society.
Mexican Society Is Like a Pyramid.
Historical Vignettes.
Relationships with Americans.
Texas and the Alamo.
The U.S.-Mexican War.
Pancho Villa and other revolutionaries.
Oil industry and other nationalizations.
U.S. interventions in Mexico.
U.S. Foreign Policy.
American Perceptions of Mexicans.
Perceptions.
The Immigration Issue.
Confidence and Faith or Lack Thereof
The Question of Corruption.
Foreign Ownership of Real Estate.
Real Estate Fraud.
Summarizing Perceptions.
Mexico’s Many Gifts to the World.
Usage of Names.
Father’s Plus Mother’s Last Name.
Women’s Names.
Looking for a Name in a Mexican Telephone Book.
Professional and Social Titles.
Professional titles.
Social titles.
Using “Don”.
Addressing Women.
Nicknames.
Men’s Common Nicknames.
Women’s Common Nicknames.
The Compadre/Comadre.
Summary in Usage of Names.
About The Spanish Language.
Language Sensitivities.
Eye Contact
Humor.
Social Etiquette.
Standing for Introductions.
The Kiss on the Cheek.
The Male Hug (Abrazo)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Meetings and Etiquette.
Table Manners.
Other points of etiquette to bear in mind.
Mexican-Americans Doing Business in Mexico.
The “Macho” Side of Business or Women Doing Business in Mexico.
Business in Mexico.
Commitment to the Market
Business Hierarchy.
Did He Say What He Meant, or Meant What He Said.
Foreign Business Ownership of Real Estate.
Using Translators.
Dictionaries.
Business Tips.
Telephone Communications.
Making the Call
Telephone Etiquette.
Using the Fax.
Making the Appointment
Avoid Holidays and Feast Days.
Sending Point of Sale Materials or Documents to Mexico.
Hire a Car/Chauffeur or Rent a Car while in Mexico.
Gift Giving.
Networking.
Some Regional difference.
Mexico City.
Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Los Norteños.
Border Business.
Closing Notes on Doing Business in Mexico.
Conclusions.
The CIA’s Facts on Mexico.

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